LA liquor store owner assaulted during attempted robbery; suspects at large
A liquor store owner assaulted during an attempted robbery was recovering today, and three suspects were at large.
The three males entered a liquor store on Pico Boulevard at Hauser Boulevard near Little Ethiopia around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. They pistol-whipped the owner, according to a camera crew at the scene.
The males fled on foot when an employee heard the scuffle and came out from the back of the liquor store to help the owner.
The store owner was taken to a hospital with minor injures, according to a police sergeant from Los Angeles Police Department's Wilshire division. The suspects did not take anything from the store, he said.
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